A BEAUTIFUL MIND musical in development

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 9/15/25 at 10:46am

BROADWAY NEWS EXCLUSIVE: “‘A Beautiful Mind’ musical in development based on Oscar-winning film” by Broadway News’ Ruthie Fierberg - “New Jersey’s McCarter Theatre Center has announced the commission of the new musical “A Beautiful Mind,” adapted from the Oscar-winning film and biography of the same name. The musical will feature a book by Sarah Treem with music and lyrics by Zoe Sarnak. “A Beautiful Mind” began as a book by Sylvia Nasar, which became a New York Times bestseller and a National Book Critics Circle Award winner.” https://bway.ly/jgtnrq

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 9/16/25 at 3:52pm

I guess the question here is are they going to lean more towards the movie or more towards John Nash's real life and include some of the darker elements of his personality that Ron Howard and Akiva Goldsman left out.

Either way, I'm intrigued. The idea of dramatising complex mathematics and/or debilitating mental illness through music could be really interesting if executed correctly.